All Auto-enrolment articles – Page 43
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FeaturesWebb on AE challenges for medium schemes
Video: Pensions minister Steve Webb discusses with Ian Smith the auto-enrolment delays and what should be top of the agenda for medium-sized employers (5:39).
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Printing scheme aims to cut member fees with AE
The Printing Industry Pension Scheme (PIPS) expects to multiply its employer membership through auto-enrolment. Ian Smith explores how it is planning to use the reform to control costs for members.
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South Yorkshire staves off risk of mass opt-outs
Proposed reforms of the local government pension scheme have raised the threat of a mass member exodus, but South Yorkshire has developed a strategy to combat the risk
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Using Nest to manage 2012 risk: five myths explained
Richard Bartlett, assistant director of the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest), explains how schemes and employers can use Nest as a complement to their existing arrangements for auto-enrolment.
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M&S cost savings to spur mastertrust copycats
Owen Walker analyses M&S’s mastertrust structure, which the retailer will set up to mitigate the administration costs associated with auto-enrolment
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British Steel launches nursery DC to manage cost
The £11.4bn scheme will close its defined benefit section to new entrants and introduce a money purchase scheme to manage the costs of auto-enrolment.
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Local government schemes respond to AE safeguards
Norfolk Pension Fund has issued each of its employers with a guide to complying with new auto-enrolment legislation to ensure members are not induced to leave the scheme.
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Greater Manchester prepares for 25% fall in membership
Greater Manchester Pension Fund has set up a working group to draw up an investment strategy in expectation of a much-reduced membership.
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One in four employers to mitigate 2012 costs
Ian Smith looks at new data revealing how defined contribution (DC) schemes and employers are planning to control the cost of auto-enrolment.
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Manager competition essential to reduce DC fees
George Coats analyses what UK schemes can learn from how Norway achieved lower investment fees and higher levels of participation.
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Regulator: How schemes can better protect members
The Pensions Regulator discusses how it is working with schemes to protect members’ benefits and preparing the industry for auto-enrolment.
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DWP calls for triennial reviews of DC defaults
The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) guidance on providing default options will prompt tighter governance controls for some schemes in the run up to auto-enrolment.
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Schemes called to urgently review TPAs for 2012
Employers unprepared for auto-enrolment are leaving schemes facing a tough deadline to push through administrative reforms.
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Ease of opt-out will be Nest’s USP
The National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) is close to finalising an opt-out process it believes will overcome its limited success in winning big employer clients.